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Fossil bone histology reveals ancient origins for rapid juvenile growth in tetrapods

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  • 1. Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  • 2. Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. & Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA.

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Whitney, Megan R., Otoo, Benjamin K. A., Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Pierce, Stephanie E. (2022): Fossil bone histology reveals ancient origins for rapid juvenile growth in tetrapods. Communications Biology 5 (1): 1-9, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04079-0

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